Eastern PA 600K
Water Gap Edition
Saturday June 7, 2008
Water Gap Edition
Saturday June 7, 2008
General Info
This ride is a randonneur style event sanctioned by RUSA and ACP. First time riding with PA Randonneurs? Read an overview of what to expect on a PA brevet. All participants are obliged to follow the rules for riders as well as PA and NJ vehicle laws. Safety is a primary concern ... please read and carry these Safety Instructions with you.
Start/Finish Location
Weisel Youth Hostel
7347 Richlandtown Road
Quakertown, PA
(215) 536-8749
DIRECTIONS
Traveling far? Friday night accommodations are available at the hostel. Make reservations on the registration form.
Registration
Mail Registration Form -or- Register On-Line
$10 early registration discount only available on-line.
Pre-registration required
$5 processing fees for cancellations.
All riders must sign waiver
Field Limit: 20 riders
Schedule
3:00AM Sign-in, Bike Inspection
3:50AM Rider meeting
4:00AM Riders depart (40 hr. time limit)
Daylight hours: 5:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Sleep Over Controle
The route returns to the start/finish hostel at approximately the 400K point. There are 2 showers available in the upstairs bathroom with a sign to indicate male/female usage (bring your own towel). Food will also be available. There is a dormatory available for resting before setting out on the remaining 200K. Sheets are provided but you may want to bring your own pillow. Earplugs and a small flashlight might also be useful. You should plan on packing a drop bag for this stop -- you can leave the bag either in your car or at the hostel.
Post Ride
Showers available at the hostel -- bring your own towel. Join us for pizza and share your epic stories, tall tales, and goals for the coming year. Relax in the hostel's comfortable great room or porch. A dormatory in the hostel is available to rest before traveling home. You may optionally book a Sunday night stay at the hostel after the event.
This ride is a randonneur style event sanctioned by RUSA and ACP. First time riding with PA Randonneurs? Read an overview of what to expect on a PA brevet. All participants are obliged to follow the rules for riders as well as PA and NJ vehicle laws. Safety is a primary concern ... please read and carry these Safety Instructions with you.
Start/Finish Location
Weisel Youth Hostel
7347 Richlandtown Road
Quakertown, PA
(215) 536-8749
DIRECTIONS
Traveling far? Friday night accommodations are available at the hostel. Make reservations on the registration form.
Registration
Mail Registration Form -or- Register On-Line
$10 early registration discount only available on-line.
Pre-registration required
$5 processing fees for cancellations.
All riders must sign waiver
Field Limit: 20 riders
Schedule
3:00AM Sign-in, Bike Inspection
3:50AM Rider meeting
4:00AM Riders depart (40 hr. time limit)
Daylight hours: 5:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Sleep Over Controle
The route returns to the start/finish hostel at approximately the 400K point. There are 2 showers available in the upstairs bathroom with a sign to indicate male/female usage (bring your own towel). Food will also be available. There is a dormatory available for resting before setting out on the remaining 200K. Sheets are provided but you may want to bring your own pillow. Earplugs and a small flashlight might also be useful. You should plan on packing a drop bag for this stop -- you can leave the bag either in your car or at the hostel.
Post Ride
Showers available at the hostel -- bring your own towel. Join us for pizza and share your epic stories, tall tales, and goals for the coming year. Relax in the hostel's comfortable great room or porch. A dormatory in the hostel is available to rest before traveling home. You may optionally book a Sunday night stay at the hostel after the event.
Ride Description (updated 5/29)
This inaugural edition of the PA600k is composed of two loops that start and return back to the Weisel hostel. The first loop is approximately 400k and is based on the "Water Gap" PA400k that heads into the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area. After returning back to the hostel for the sleep-over stop, the second loop is a 200k out-and-back course into the Lancaster area.
Setting out at the hostel start/finish, we follow the PA300k route to Cherryville. We then head to Danielsville where we make our first crossing over the Applachian Trail at Little Gap. After an exhilarating descent past the Blue Mountain Ski resort, we follow the valley road which offers spectacular views of the mountain ridge off to our right as we head into Cherry Valley. Instead of going over Fox Gap like on the 300k, we'll head up to Water Gap and enter the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Riding along quiet park roads, we head to the lunch stop at Flat's Deli in Hainesville. After briefly retracing our route back to Layton, we cross over into Pennsylvania via the Dingman's Ferry toll bridge.
Time now, for those granny-gears, because up and over the Allegheny Front is where we're headed next. The reward for that effort is in the form of a really scenic stretch along Rt 97, across the Roebling Bridge, and the Lackawaxen River. Again, we head up the Allegheny front, but along a more gentle gradient that won't seem as hard. Riding along the rolling terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, we eventually head back down past Bushkill Falls and return to the Water Gap National Recreation Area -- this time, along the PA side, as we work our way back to Water Gap.
After a controle stop in Water Gap, we continue south along Rt 611 through the Water Gap with the prominent features of Mt Minsi on the PA side and Mt Tammany on the NJ side. As daylight begins to fade, we cross back into NJ at Belvidere for a direct shot back to the start/finish hostel for the sleep-over stop. The second day's loop is an out and back segment through French Creek state park and into the Amish country near Lancaster.
As shown in the route profile, there are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
Historical Records
May 19, 2007 Results
Course Record: 29:15 Ed Pavelka
This inaugural edition of the PA600k is composed of two loops that start and return back to the Weisel hostel. The first loop is approximately 400k and is based on the "Water Gap" PA400k that heads into the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area. After returning back to the hostel for the sleep-over stop, the second loop is a 200k out-and-back course into the Lancaster area.
Setting out at the hostel start/finish, we follow the PA300k route to Cherryville. We then head to Danielsville where we make our first crossing over the Applachian Trail at Little Gap. After an exhilarating descent past the Blue Mountain Ski resort, we follow the valley road which offers spectacular views of the mountain ridge off to our right as we head into Cherry Valley. Instead of going over Fox Gap like on the 300k, we'll head up to Water Gap and enter the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Riding along quiet park roads, we head to the lunch stop at Flat's Deli in Hainesville. After briefly retracing our route back to Layton, we cross over into Pennsylvania via the Dingman's Ferry toll bridge.
Time now, for those granny-gears, because up and over the Allegheny Front is where we're headed next. The reward for that effort is in the form of a really scenic stretch along Rt 97, across the Roebling Bridge, and the Lackawaxen River. Again, we head up the Allegheny front, but along a more gentle gradient that won't seem as hard. Riding along the rolling terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, we eventually head back down past Bushkill Falls and return to the Water Gap National Recreation Area -- this time, along the PA side, as we work our way back to Water Gap.
After a controle stop in Water Gap, we continue south along Rt 611 through the Water Gap with the prominent features of Mt Minsi on the PA side and Mt Tammany on the NJ side. As daylight begins to fade, we cross back into NJ at Belvidere for a direct shot back to the start/finish hostel for the sleep-over stop. The second day's loop is an out and back segment through French Creek state park and into the Amish country near Lancaster.
As shown in the route profile, there are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
Historical Records
May 19, 2007 Results
Course Record: 29:15 Ed Pavelka
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